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SolarWinds NPM

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What is SolarWinds NPM?

SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.

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Popular Features

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  • Alerts (228)
    8.8
    88%
  • Hardware health monitoring (215)
    8.7
    87%
  • Network monitoring (231)
    8.7
    87%
  • Customizable reports (212)
    7.9
    79%

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Pricing

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NPM

$1,638

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Why I Recommend SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

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Features

Network Performance Monitoring

A network performance monitoring system monitors the entire network for performance problems and collects performance data such as network traffic analysis performance bottlenecks, etc.

7.9
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is SolarWinds NPM?

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers comprehensive network fault monitoring and performance management that scales and expands with a company's network monitoring needs. Users can collect and view availability, real-time and historical statistics from routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and any other SNMP-, ICMP-, or WMI-enabled devices directly from a web browser.

The vendor states that SolarWinds users can get a full NPM installation up and running the same day they download, and that implementation does not require a team of consultants. NPM provides visibility into the health of network devices and servers on the network, ensuring that users have needed real-time information to keep their network running at peak performance.

Network Performance Monitor helps IT Pros:

  • Detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and avoid downtime
  • Respond to multiple condition checks, correlated events, and device dependencies
  • Automatically calculate capacity exhaustion dates using customizable thresholds based on peak and average usage
  • Streamline network troubleshooting with a Web interface
  • View paths to critical business services hop-by-hop, even into the cloud, with the NetPath™ feature
  • Get deeper visibility into complex network devices with Network Insight™ features for Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Nexus switches, and F5 BIG-IP load balancers

SolarWinds NPM Features

Network Performance Monitoring Features

  • Supported: Automated network device discovery
  • Supported: Network monitoring
  • Supported: Baseline threshold calculation
  • Supported: Alerts
  • Supported: Network capacity planning
  • Supported: Packet capture analysis
  • Supported: Network mapping
  • Supported: Customizable reports
  • Supported: Wireless infrastructure monitoring
  • Supported: Hardware health monitoring

Additional Features

  • Supported: Seamless conversion upgrade to AIOps-powered Hybrid Cloud Observability
  • Supported: Multi-vendor device support for any router, switch, firewall, VPN concentrator, wireless access point and other devices that support standard protocols
  • Supported: Intelligent alerts for correlated events, sustained conditions, and complex combinations of device states
  • Supported: Insight on hardware health by monitoring, alerting, and reporting on the state of key device sensors
  • Supported: NetPath for hop-by-hop monitoring of critical business services, on-premises or into the cloud
  • Supported: Network Insight for Cisco Nexus switches, F5 BIG-IP load balancers, Cisco ASA firewalls

SolarWinds NPM Screenshots

Screenshot of Network monitoring software used to reduce network outages and detect, diagnose, and resolve multi-vendor network performance issues.Screenshot of See relationships for routers, switches, interfaces, volumes, and groups, updated automatically without user intervention to maintain the network, not network maps.Screenshot of Reduce visibility gaps into critical network switches, firewalls, and load balancers with Network Insight for Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASA, and F5 BIG-IP.Screenshot of Reduce the flood of unnecessary network alerts. Create alerts based on simple or complex nested trigger conditions, defined parent/child dependencies, and network topology.Screenshot of Identify dead zones and improve wireless coverage. With its network monitoring tool, users can access out-of-the-box wireless reports, including wireless availability and rogue access points.Screenshot of Configure alerts by calculating dynamic baseline threshold data with network performance monitoring software.

SolarWinds NPM Video

Network Performance Monitor overview

SolarWinds NPM Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Windows® Server 2016; SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2016 SP1 SQL Server 2017 (including installations on Linux)
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.

Reviewers rate Alerts highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of SolarWinds NPM are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Community Insights

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Users recommend considering the whole stack of Network Modules on the SolarWinds platform instead of NPM as a standalone product. They believe the other modules are valuable additions for monitoring, managing, and analyzing the network. SolarWinds NPM is considered the best network performance monitoring solution on the market. Users suggest using it for network monitoring and exploring other modules for specific infrastructure monitoring. While NPM is a good tool for network monitoring, users advise looking into alternative options for advanced monitoring needs. Some users suggest improving the navigation to make it more fluid and user-friendly. Overall, users recommend SolarWinds NPM for managing and monitoring network infrastructures due to its reliability and cost-effectiveness. They also recommend trying the live action feature and Meraki for enhanced network analytics. Users suggest considering other products with better UI and capabilities. SolarWinds NPM is worth the price if affordable, especially with sponsorship. Working with third-party services or SolarWinds to properly set up the tool is recommended. Using multiple tools in conjunction with NPM provides more visibility. Users recommend signing up for Thwack and utilizing their resources for assistance with SolarWinds products. Trying the demo first before purchasing is advisable. NPM is considered a core module in every company that chooses SolarWinds as their monitoring tool. It is important to ensure that the server can handle the software. Experienced staff maximizes the benefits of the platform. Users suggest downloading a trial copy of NPM to test it out. NPM outperforms other tools according to user opinions. More theme options and additional ways to export data are requested. Other modules from SolarWinds that work well with NPM, such as Server & Application Manager, should be explored. Support team and Thwack community are highly praised by users. Users should not be overwhelmed by features and take advantage of free trial resources. SolarWinds is recommended for enterprise-level monitoring, but Loop1 consulting is advised for complex environments. Initial setup can be time-consuming. The 30-day evaluation of the full product is excellent. Becoming a Thwack member provides access to extensive resources and support. SolarWinds may have a higher cost but is considered worth it. Proper provisioning of hardware, software, and infrastructure is crucial before deploying SolarWinds. Users recommend setting up the trial version first and getting familiar with the product. SolarWinds NPM receives high recommendations from users and is praised for its great dashboards.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The product has had a positive impact on network reliability and performance.
  • The ability to be proactive has reduced our outage windows and made us more profitable.
  • The visibility the product gives us has helped us when creating our IT budget.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We were able to properly size network upgrades based on trend levels and capacity management capabilities.
  • We have been able to get ahead of serious business downtimes due to monitoring and alerts that have led is to an issue before business owners knew there was an issue.
Max Baker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Within months of fully implementing NPM, we were able to stop some planned upgrades because we realized they weren't going to help us fix our actual issues. This saved the company approximately $30,000.
  • We are now able to visually view outages to more quickly determine their causes and more effectively triage and correct.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We have used NPM for four years now. And over the period, it has helped us identify multiple events causing performance degradation. We had one incident where a site could not do anything on the network, open folders, open files or even browse the internet. We went to NPM and it took some time to poke around to figure out what was causing the issue. There was not a single instance to point to but multiple. Come to find out, our internal user backup tool was upgrading all clients to a more recent version. This was a small change which, at the time of approval, was non-impactful. However, the realization that all the clients then would check back into the server and transmit data all at once was unknown.
  • Consistent monitoring of two sites and 96% consumption of pipeline. The VPN tunnel customers from on-site could not do anything. Come to find out CommVault replications were consuming all the Data with its initial sync. This initial sync was over 4TB of data, so it took a while. Even when the replication was throttled it took more time and consumed about the same bandwidth
February 08, 2019

Solarwidns NPM

Chris Short | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • NetPath has allowed us to be proactive with regional network issues to avoid large numbers of client issues at once.
  • Default alerts have allowed us to know when a network link has dropped or gone below a service threshold.
  • Insights has allowed us to track switch resources to ensure that we are growing our equipment properly.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We've had a remarkable return on our investment with SolarWinds. With it, we've been able to minimize network downtime for customers and stay on top of lingering problems before they have become business-impacting.
  • We've been able to manage our network more effectively with less manpower than in other organizations thanks to NPM.
  • NPM has allowed us to utilize our NOC in the manner in which it was designed - to quickly notify customers of problems and coordinate with internal teams to resolve issues quickly.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Overall, SolarWinds is beneficial, but the cost is exorbitant. I think that money could be more appropriately spent elsewhere, while also leaving room in the budget for other necessary infrastructure and operations upgrades.
January 22, 2019

NMP BOOM!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • I was able to use NPM to ask for and get budget approval to upgrade my switches.
  • Being proactive is always cost beneficial.
  • Zero downtime is the goal and NPM helps us achieve that goal.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The ease of setup has removed the need for a dedicated staff member to script or program your monitoring system. You can quickly get information flowing instead of designing your own software to look at the things you need to see.
  • Letting us know issues are happening as soon as they occur helps us get solutions in place before business continuity is impacted. Being able to see baselines and growth problems before they become a problem keeps downtime to a minimum.
  • NPM lets us see the actual usage of systems and plan for our future equipment with hard numbers instead of vague admin feelings. It helps build a pretty picture of the WHY we are asking for that much money and prove after its spent that it was a good idea.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The ROI has been positive. It's saved man-hours and headaches in troubleshooting issues that otherwise would have been very hard to discover.
  • Using NPM we were able to save our annual uptime of 99%. We quickly discovered and had a fix for issues that would have otherwise been very hard to discover, costing man hours and time for customers.
Rob Bates | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The initial cost of SolarWinds NPM is steep, and we had to take an SLX unlimited license model due to the size of our estate. However, the ROI in terms of improvement in what we can now see has been second to none. The renewal cost is also a fraction of the up front cost, which certainly takes the sting out of the front costs.
  • Impact wise, our IT department spends much less time digging around on the actual equipment. They can now view nearly every aspect of the equipment in one place.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Since our environment is 100% in the cloud we must not only monitor high utilization but also low utilization to prevent unnecessary expenditures. NPM has helped us to create an analysis that directs our attention to the most needful areas.
  • NPM charts have proven useful when creating justifications for upgrades or changes to our compliment of systems. When combined with the cold metrics we can visually show through the NPM charts how we can get better.
stephen schleeper | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • By identifying problems quickly we have had a tremendous up-time of the network.
  • The system is stable and easy to update as we grow. Less time spent on modifying the monitoring tools means more time on core functions like customer setup and assistance.
Michael Gombosi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We've been able to stay ahead of network issues thanks to our constant monitoring. Huge ROI plus.
  • Another ROI plus is the fact that, with historical trending, we've identified several remote sites that have had trending congestion issues due to under-powered bandwidth.
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